• DocumentCode
    1102200
  • Title

    Lines in space. Part 8. Line(s) through four lines

  • Author

    Blinn, James F.

  • Author_Institution
    Microsoft Res., USA
  • Volume
    24
  • Issue
    5
  • fYear
    2004
  • Firstpage
    100
  • Lastpage
    106
  • Abstract
    In this paper we give the solution for the following geometric problem. Given four arbitrarily placed lines in space, K, L, M, and N, find a fifth line V that intersects all four. And if there is more than one, find all of them. The author aims at an analytic solution and have developed some notation and basic tools for manipulating lines in projective 3-space; and used these tools on lines in space. And on the way to the solution, we encounter an interesting relationship between dimensions that is a useful tool for many other geometrical problems.
  • Keywords
    geometry; mathematics computing; matrix algebra; 2D space; constraint progression; geometric constructions; intersection points; line problem; Clocks; Equations; H infinity control; Symmetric matrices; Algorithms; Computer Graphics;
  • fLanguage
    English
  • Journal_Title
    Computer Graphics and Applications, IEEE
  • Publisher
    ieee
  • ISSN
    0272-1716
  • Type

    jour

  • DOI
    10.1109/MCG.2004.32
  • Filename
    1333632